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Case Study from the Collaborative Sourcing Report

By Andrew Bartolini August 4, 2011Articles, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, TechnologyNo Comments

In our last article, we discussed Ardent Partners' recent report focused on Collaborative Sourcing which we define as the process "which blends traditional sourcing approaches with more robust category strategies,…

1nnovative 1deas… A New Report from Ardent Partners

By Andrew Bartolini July 26, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategy, TechnologyNo Comments

Ardent Partners’ latest research effort, CPO Rising 2011: Innovative Ideas for the Decade Ahead, was recently published and is now available from the report underwriters: Bristlecone, Hubwoo, and SAP. This…

CPO Shop Talk (London Edition): (1) Bravo’s Take on Procurement Value (2) Capital Assets (3) Career Planning

By Andrew Bartolini July 22, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Solution ProvidersNo Comments

The second part of this week (and the reason for the late timing of this article) found me in London for two procurement-related events on behalf of BravoSolution (Bravo also…

CPOs on the Rise: Executive Q&A

By Andrew Bartolini July 14, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, StrategyNo Comments

Somehow, I have been sitting on this discussion with a global procurement leader for far too long. I share with you now, the verbatim Q&A conducted several months ago. How has…

CPOs on the Rise: Q&A with Luca Guzzaboca

By Andrew Bartolini July 12, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, StrategyNo Comments

Luca Guzzabocca, the Director of Procurement, Logistics, HSE and Security Management at Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. (of the Montepaschi Group) has returned with us today to join…

CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Jean Cloutier: Moving the Business (Part 2)

By Andrew Bartolini June 23, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, StrategyNo Comments

Today we have part two of a profile of "friend of the site," Jean Cloutier, Senior Director of Strategic Procurement at Air Transat. Part one is here. In 2002, Air…

CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Jean Cloutier: Moving the Business (Part 1)

By Andrew Bartolini June 21, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, StrategyNo Comments

Jean Cloutier, Senior Director of Strategic Procurement at Air Transat, is our latest “CPO on the Rise in 2011” who helped build a procurement department and then develop its strategy…

Webinar: Innovative Ideas for the Decade Ahead

By Andrew Bartolini June 10, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, TechnologyNo Comments

It's coming together The data from respondents (218) has been captured and analyzed [Sidebar: huge thanks to all – the final report should hit your inbox in early July. Also,…

CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Eric Beylier: The CEO’s Direct Report (Part 3)

By Andrew Bartolini June 7, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, PeopleNo Comments

Our profile of Eric Beylier, the Head of Global Supply Chain & Procurement (Chief Procurement Officer) at TETRA Technologies, Inc. concludes today (It began here and continued here). Since the…

CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Eric Beylier: The CEO’s Direct Report (Part 2)

By Andrew Bartolini June 3, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, PeopleNo Comments

Our story with CPO on the Rise in 2011, Eric Beylier, the Head of Global Supply Chain & Procurement (Chief Procurement Officer) at TETRA Technologies, Inc. continues today with a…